Luis Suárez bagged a brace to help Uruguay beat South Korea 2-1 and clinch a place in the World Cup quarter-finals.
Uruguay opened the scoring after just eight minutes as Diego Forlán fizzed a low cross between a hesitant defence and goalkeeper Jung Sung-Ryong, who was caught in no man's land and allowed Suárez to slot home from a tight angle.
South Korea equalised in the 68th minute when Uruguay keeper Fernando Muslera flapped at a loose ball and Lee Chung-Yong nodded in from close range past a scrambling Jorge Fucile on the line.
With ten minutes remaining, Suárez scored the winner for the Uruguayans as he sidestepped two Korean defenders before curling a sublime shot past Sung-Ryong and in off the post.
Lineups:
Uruguay: Fernando Muslera; Maximiliano Pereira, Diego Lugano, Diego Godín (Mauricio Victorino, 46), Jorge Fucile; Egidio Arévalo, Diego Pérez, Álvaro Pereira (Nicolás Lodeiro, 74); Diego Forlán; Luis Suárez (Álvaro Fernández, 84), Edinson Cavani
South Korea: Jung Sung-Ryong; Cha Du-Ri, Cho Yong-Hyung, Lee Jung-Soo, Lee Young-Pyo; Kim Jung-Woo, Ki Sung-Yong (Yeom Ki-Hun, 85); Kim Jae-Sung (Lee Dong-Gook, 61), Park Ji-Sung, Lee Chung-Yong; Park Chu-Young
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Uruguay opened the scoring after just eight minutes as Diego Forlán fizzed a low cross between a hesitant defence and goalkeeper Jung Sung-Ryong, who was caught in no man's land and allowed Suárez to slot home from a tight angle.
South Korea equalised in the 68th minute when Uruguay keeper Fernando Muslera flapped at a loose ball and Lee Chung-Yong nodded in from close range past a scrambling Jorge Fucile on the line.
With ten minutes remaining, Suárez scored the winner for the Uruguayans as he sidestepped two Korean defenders before curling a sublime shot past Sung-Ryong and in off the post.
Lineups:
Uruguay: Fernando Muslera; Maximiliano Pereira, Diego Lugano, Diego Godín (Mauricio Victorino, 46), Jorge Fucile; Egidio Arévalo, Diego Pérez, Álvaro Pereira (Nicolás Lodeiro, 74); Diego Forlán; Luis Suárez (Álvaro Fernández, 84), Edinson Cavani
South Korea: Jung Sung-Ryong; Cha Du-Ri, Cho Yong-Hyung, Lee Jung-Soo, Lee Young-Pyo; Kim Jung-Woo, Ki Sung-Yong (Yeom Ki-Hun, 85); Kim Jae-Sung (Lee Dong-Gook, 61), Park Ji-Sung, Lee Chung-Yong; Park Chu-Young
Statistics:
| Uruguay | South Korea | |
| 2 | Goals | 1 |
| 7 | Shots on target | 4 |
| 3 | Shots off target | 8 |
| 3 | Corners | 3 |
| 11 | Fouls | 12 |
| 1 | Offsides | 0 |
| 0 | Yellow Cards | 3 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 46 | Ball possession (%) | 54 |
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